Grant Proposal

Topic: This Is A Grant Proposal About Children/Adolescents With ADHD in Durham NC
Objective: You are to use the topic and create a Proposal on ADHD Children/Adolescents In Durham NC
Paper Structure: Problem identification prevalence assessment of resources impact of the problem implementation plan and a closing statement should be your subtitles for the proposal and this is what should be answered in each section:
Problem Identification:Research and identify resources for a specific developmental behavioral or diagnostic need for children or adolescents in your community (34 pages):
a. Prevalence: Determine a necessary program or service by examining current needs for children or adolescents in your community using the standards established by the American Psychiatric Association.
i. What is the issue you have chosen to address? Who is affected? What data do you have that points to the prevalence of this issue?
ii. What is the necessary service or program? How will it address the needs you have examined?
b. Assessment of Resources: Evaluate available and needed resources in your community.
i. Evaluate the resources available for providing a program or service such as the one you have identified. ii. Determine necessary resources that are not available and explain their importance in providing the identified program or service.
c. Impact of Problem: Describe the impact of the problem on individuals families and the community. Construct an impact statement based on the prevalence of the identified issue and the lack of community resources. i. Articulate how the lack of the identified program or service has an impact on the community.
ii. How is the lack of available resources exacerbating the issue?
II.Literature Review:Conduct a review of available literature around developmental theory in regard to your identified issue (34 pages):
a. Problem/Need: Using American Psychiatric Association criteria and current professional research publications how is the identified developmental behavioral or diagnostic problem identified/diagnosed in children and adolescents?
b. Theory Survey and Comparison: Survey current developmental theories.
i. Identify the factors that contribute to the prevalence of the problem according to these theories.
ii. How do these different theories compare? What are their contrasting opinions in regard to prevalence and diagnosis of your identified problem?
III.Intervention Strategy:Research and justify the selection of a theoretically supported and effective intervention strategy for addressing the target issue (23 pages):
a. Efficacy: Analyze and critique at least two established intervention strategies for inconsistencies and effectiveness.
i. Critically examine intervention strategies for consistency with current developmental theories.
ii. How effective were these strategies in addressing their respective issues? To what extent would these intervention strategies address the issue identified in your community?
b. Selection: Select an intervention strategy and justify your selection based on its effectiveness and the individual familial environmental cultural and political factors. Your strategy should be appropriate for your age-specific population.
c. Ethics: Analyze the selected intervention strategy for possible ethical and legal challenges. Consider provider as well as client concerns.
IV.Implementation Plan:Construct a plan for implementation of the selected intervention strategy in your community (45 pages):
a. Narrative: Compose a narrative to describe the setting personnel target population length of time for service and capacity of the proposed program.
b. Training: Formulate a strategy for the training of personnel according to the selected intervention strategy. c. Assessment: Recommend an assessment plan to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention strategy.
d. Ethics: Assess the ethical and legal implications for implementing the intervention strategy in your community.
V.Closing Statement:Summarize your grant proposal/recommendation with careful attention to the audience you must convince.
Requirements:
Proposal is 13-14 Pages Long(NOT INCLUDING REFERENCE PAGE OR TITLE PAGE)
APA Format: Double Spacing 12-point Times New Roman Font and One-Inch Margins.
7-9 Current Scholarly Sources
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